Group: Experienced Exercise

Experienced Exercise
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 50, Messages: 19484

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kibbz
kibbz
Posts: 57
Joined: 2001/06/24
United States
2001/06/30, 10:51 AM
i am on the 12 week mass program. when doing dumbell presses for chest(only on the set i did 12 reps) i experienced an incredible burning in my forearms. i got the twelve but i felt i couldnt do anymore because of my forearms. is this normal? it didnt happen on the sets with lower reps.
jbennett
jbennett
Posts: 1,558
Joined: 2001/02/28
United States
2001/06/30, 10:33 PM
Presses shouldn't involve your forearms to the point of burnout. Try loosening your grip on the weights a bit, that may be all you need to do.
sfisher
sfisher
Posts: 10
Joined: 2001/05/20
Canada
2001/07/01, 07:34 AM
I had the same feeling when I first started lifting heavy weights. Loosening your grip will help a lot. I also needed to do wrist curls to build up my strength in the forearms and help condition them for stamina.
archan
archan
Posts: 135
Joined: 2001/04/14
India
2001/07/01, 02:08 AM
maybe u r not gettin the form correct.concentrate on ur chest only kep it tight.Sometimes while lifting heavy our arms and forearms get pumped up.